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Latest Articles: Editorial
The medieval, unaccountable Corporation of London is ripe for protest
Post Date: 2012-03-23 20:09:21 by tom007
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Comment is free The medieval, unaccountable Corporation of London is ripe for protest Working beyond the authority of parliament, the Corporation of London undermines all attempts to curb the excesses of finance Share 11966 reddit this Comments (726) George Monbiot George Monbiot guardian.co.uk, Monday 31 October 2011 17.00 EDT Article history Daniel Pudles 01112011 Illustration by Daniel Pudles It's the dark heart of Britain, the place where democracy goes to die, immensely powerful, equally unaccountable. But I doubt that one in 10 British people has any idea of what the Corporation of the City of London is and how it works. This could be about to change. Alongside the Church of ...
Courts Split on Right to Carry Firearms Outside the Home
Post Date: 2012-03-23 10:42:56 by James Deffenbach
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Unquestionably the hottest issue in Second Amendment litigation today is whether the Second Amendment protects a right to carry firearms outside the home for personal protection—and if so, what might be the limits on that right. Until recently, far too many courts have wrongly claimed that because the Supreme Court’s decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago only struck down bans on handgun possession in the home, that’s all there is to the Second Amendment. Now, there are signs that this resistance is weakening. In a big win for gun owners’ rights in Maryland, on March 5, a federal judge ruled in the case of Woollard v. Sheridan that a ...
Paranoia Strikes Deeper
Post Date: 2012-03-23 10:17:47 by tom007
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Paranoia Strikes Deeper By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: March 22, 2012 Recommend Twitter Linkedin comments (174) Sign In to E-Mail Print Reprints Share Stop, hey, what’s that sound? Actually, it’s the noise a great political party makes when it loses what’s left of its mind. And it happened — where else? — on Fox News on Sunday, when Mitt Romney bought fully into the claim that gas prices are high thanks to an Obama administration plot. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Paul Krugman Go to Columnist Page » Blog: The Conscience of a Liberal Related News Price of Gas Matters to Voters, but Doesn’t Seem to Sway Votes (March 17, 2012) Related in Opinion ...
NYPD Infiltrated Liberal Political Groups, According To New Documents (The Jewish Secret Police - Shades Of Stalin Coming to America With Love From The Jews In America)
Post Date: 2012-03-23 09:51:58 by tom007
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NYPD Infiltrated Liberal Political Groups, According To New Documents By MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN 03/23/12 09:26 AM ET AP NEW YORK — Undercover NYPD officers attended meetings of liberal political organizations and kept intelligence files on activists who planned protests around the country, according to interviews and documents that show how police have used counterterrorism tactics to monitor even lawful activities. The infiltration echoes the tactics the NYPD used in the run-up to New York's 2004 Republican National Convention, when police monitored church groups, anti-war organizations and environmental advocates nationwide. That effort was revealed by The New York Times ...
Robertson, Rockefeller, and Prohibition
Post Date: 2012-03-19 21:29:47 by farmfriend
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Robertson, Rockefeller, and Prohibition by Don Boudreaux on March 19, 2012 Here’s a letter to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Dismayed at Rev. Pat Robertson’s call to legalize marijuana, Nelson Spear objects that “I have not encountered anyone whose success in life was enhanced by the use of marijuana or any other recreational drug. On the other hand, I have encountered hundreds whose lives were decimated by the use of marijuana” (Letters, March 18). Indeed. But the same is true for alcohol – another drug that ruins many lives and contributes to no one’s “success in life.”* In a move very similar to Mr. Robertson’s, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. ...
After Backing Anti-Birth Control Blunt Amendment, McCain Now Says GOP Needs To ‘Get Off’ War On Women
Post Date: 2012-03-19 09:26:50 by tom007
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After Backing Anti-Birth Control Blunt Amendment, McCain Now Says GOP Needs To ‘Get Off’ War On Women By Ian Millhiser on Mar 18, 2012 at 11:36 am Earlier this week, an Arizona state senate committee backed a “tell your boss why you’re on the pill bill” that would allow employers to demand proof that their employees are not using birth control for contraceptive purposes before their insurance will cover the pills. In an interview on Meet The Press this morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) slammed this assault on working women, and even urged his fellow Republicans to finally end their lengthy war on women’s reproductive health: GREGORY: Are you concerned at all ...
Mitt Romney and the lure of neo-imperialism Mitt Romney's stance on Iran is nothing new, but his embracement of neo-imperialist foreign policy is worrying.
Post Date: 2012-03-18 14:04:43 by tom007
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Mitt Romney and the lure of neo-imperialism Mitt Romney's stance on Iran is nothing new, but his embracement of neo-imperialist foreign policy is worrying. Mitt Romney sees himself in a role analogous to that of Ronald Reagan [GALLO/GETTY] Washington, DC - It would be easy to dismiss Mitt Romney's Washington Post op-ed of this past week regarding US policy towards Iran as yet more self-serving blather in a political season already rife with it. No doubt, many who read the Republican presidential candidate's harsh criticism of President Obama's Iran policy were inclined to think so, and there were many obvious reasons why they should. First was the former Massachusetts ...
Israel’s Willing Executioners: AIPAC Invades Washington
Post Date: 2012-03-18 00:55:32 by tom007
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Israel’s Willing Executioners: AIPAC Invades Washington by James Petras at veteranstoday.com Decline results when a nation is betrayed by craven leaders, who crawl and humiliate themselves before a minority of thuggish mediocrities pledged to a foreign state without scruples or moral integrity. by James Petras and Robin Eastman Abaya Introduction: A Week of National Humiliation: AIPAC A LAUNCH PAD FOR ISRAELI LEADERS From March 4th to March 9th, 2012, 13,000 militant Israel Firsters, took over “political Washington”[1] and imposed a foreign regime’s (Israel) political agenda to the rousing applause and appreciation of their captive vassal US legislators and ...
Guest Post: We [Don’t] Take Care of Our Own
Post Date: 2012-03-18 00:31:30 by tom007
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Guest Post: We [Don’t] Take Care of Our Own Tyler Durden's picture Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/17/2012 19:08 -0400 Afghanistan Guest Post national security Transparency Submitted by Ben Tanosborn We [Don’t] Take Care of Our Own A generation ago Bruce Springsteen was socio-serenading us with what soon was to become the iconic song, “Born in the USA.” And now, seven presidential elections later, he’ll likely be sending his message with the song, “We Take Care of Our Own.” Although the message in 1984 was inconceivably misconstrued and misappropriated by conservatives then – Ronald Reagan, running that year for his second term in office, ...
Hunger: The Real Irish American Story Not Taught in Schools
Post Date: 2012-03-16 15:47:35 by tom007
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Hunger: The Real Irish American Story Not Taught in Schools By Bill Bigelow March 15, 2012 "Huffington Post' -- "Wear green on St. Patrick's Day or get pinched." That pretty much sums up the Irish American "curriculum" that I learned when I was in school. Yes, I recall a nod to the so-called Potato Famine, but it was mentioned only in passing. Sadly, today's high school textbooks continue to largely ignore the famine, despite the fact that it was responsible for unimaginable suffering and the deaths of more than a million Irish peasants, and that it triggered the greatest wave of Irish immigration in U.S. history. Nor do textbooks make any attempt to ...
On Goldman Executive Greg Smith's Brave Departure
Post Date: 2012-03-16 13:21:11 by tom007
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On Goldman Executive Greg Smith's Brave Departure POSTED: March 14, 11:06 AM ET Comment 62 goldman sachs EPA/JUSTIN LANE /LANDOV Wall Street is buzzing this morning about a resignation – a historic one. Greg Smith, the executive director and head of Goldman Sachs’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, not only decided to quit Goldman, he decided to do it in the New York Times, eloquently deconstructing the firm’s moral slide in a lengthy op-ed piece. The essence of Smith’s piece is devastating. He points to one simple, specific problem in the company: the fact that Goldman routinely screws its own clients. Anyone ...
Mayor Bloomberg Defends Goldman Sachs After Greg Smith Editorial
Post Date: 2012-03-16 13:07:20 by tom007
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Mayor Bloomberg Defends Goldman Sachs After Greg Smith Editorial AP/The Huffington Post | By | Posted: 03/16/2012 9:56 am Updated: NEW YORK -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the attention given to a Goldman Sachs' employee's scathing editorial about the company is "ridiculous." ”They’re a company that’s here to make money," he said. "That’s what they do.” On his weekly appearance on WOR Radio Friday, Bloomberg said he had visited the Wall Street giant to express his support after an employee wrote in a New York Times Op-Ed that executives there referred to clients as "muppets" and put profits ahead of customers' ...
State Dept. moves to fire Peter Van Buren, author of book critical of Iraq reconstruction effort
Post Date: 2012-03-16 08:55:32 by tom007
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State Dept. moves to fire Peter Van Buren, author of book critical of Iraq reconstruction effort By Lisa Rein Peter Van Buren, a foreign service officer who wrote an unflattering book about his year leading two reconstruction teams in Iraq, was stripped of his security clearance, banned from State Department headquarters for a time and transferred to a telework job that consists of copying Internet addresses into a file. Now the State Department is moving to fire him based on eight charges, ranging from linking on his blog to documents on the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks to disclosing classified information. In 24 years as a diplomat, Van Buren was posted around the world and speaks ...
GOLDMAN HEIR SPEAKS: Greg Smith Was Right, They Ruined My Great-Grandfather's Company
Post Date: 2012-03-16 07:52:07 by tom007
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GOLDMAN HEIR SPEAKS: Greg Smith Was Right, They Ruined My Great-Grandfather's Company Rob Wile | Mar. 15, 2012, 5:52 PM | 10,458 | 38 A A A inShare24 marcus goldman sachs Wikimedia Commons Marcus Goldman Henry Goldman III, the great-grandson of Goldman Sachs founder Marcus Goldman, says he agreed with Greg Smith's New York Times op-ed criticizing the firm's predatory culture. "I thought it was spot on," Goldman told Business Insider in an exclusive interview. Now a semi-retired financial professional currently residing in Colorado Springs, Goldman said the culture had changed "for the worse" since the days when his family maintained direct control over ...
“Why did they not stop the killings?” Afghan villagers ask why a three-hour rampage was allowed to happen without any response from a U.S. base
Post Date: 2012-03-16 07:18:52 by tom007
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“Why did they not stop the killings?” Afghan villagers ask why a three-hour rampage was allowed to happen without any response from a U.S. base By Bette Dam, GlobalPost Afghan villagers during prayer ceremony for victims of Sunday's killing of civilians by a U.S. soldier in Panjwai, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March. 13, 2012 Afghan villagers during prayer ceremony for victims of Sunday's killing of civilians by a U.S. soldier in Panjwai, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March. 13, 2012 (Credit: AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) Topics:GlobalPost This originally appeared on GlobalPost. ZANGIABAD, Afghanistan — Along the road to Zangiabad, where a U.S. ...
TSA to expedite airport security screening for $100 fee
Post Date: 2012-03-16 07:11:54 by tom007
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TSA to expedite airport security screening for $100 fee By Eric W. Dolan Thursday, March 15, 2012 20:18 EDT Print 55 TSA agent via MSNBC screenshot Topics: Customs and Border Protection Trusted Travelers ♦ transportation security administration ♦ TSA Those who wish to avoid body scanners and pat-downs at airports can pay $100 to opt into a Transportation Security Administration expedited security screening program. “It’s pay to play,” aviation analyst Michael Boyd said on MSNBC. “I don’t know how much it is going to do for security, but is a one time fee as far as I know.” Currently, only selected frequent flyers and Customs and Border ...
The GOP Has It Wrong: The Real Threat To American Morality Is What's Happening In Corporate Board Rooms
Post Date: 2012-03-15 10:40:49 by tom007
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The GOP Has It Wrong: The Real Threat To American Morality Is What's Happening In Corporate Board Rooms Robert Reich, Contributor, The Christian Science Monitor | Mar. 14, 2012, 3:00 PM | 466 | 12 A A A inShare12 Robert Reich, Contributor URL Robert Reich, Contributor is an economist, a professor, and former Clinton labor secretary Recent Posts The Difference Between Private and Public Morality Inequality Will Go Nuclear If We Don't Raise Taxes On The Rich The Widening Wealth Divide, and Why We Need a Surtax on the Super... RSS Feed Texas courthouse shootout suspect held on murder charge Rod Blagojevich, second Illinois governor headed for prison Five-rocket launch to edge ...
Matt Taibbi's Newest Rolling Stone Piece Is The Worst Thing We've Ever Read About Bank Of America
Post Date: 2012-03-15 10:20:34 by tom007
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Matt Taibbi's Newest Rolling Stone Piece Is The Worst Thing We've Ever Read About Bank Of America Linette Lopez | Mar. 15, 2012, 8:04 AM | 4,923 | 57 A A A inShare11 matt-taibbi-occupy-wall-street Robert Johnson, Business Insider See Also MEREDITH WHITNEY: Invest In Citi? Not In My Lifetime MEREDITH WHITNEY: Invest In Citi? Not In My Lifetime foreclosure foreclosed sign HUD Says Banks Impeded The Investigation Into Foreclosure Practices Josh Brown's Hilarious Wall Street Tour Makes Fun Of Everything From Dick Fuld's Ego To J.P. Morgan's Yoga Habits Josh Brown's Hilarious Wall Street Tour Makes Fun Of Everything From Dick Fuld's Ego To J.P. Morgan's Yoga ...
White People: A Scourge That Won't Go Away (alternate title)
Post Date: 2012-03-13 21:17:47 by X-15
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Reacting to the inclusion of the "white nationalist" anti-immigration activist Peter Brimelow on a panel on "The Failure of Multiculturalism: How the Pursuit of Diversity Is Weakening the American Identity" at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Ed Schultz observed on MSNBC's The Ed Show that, "We've come to expect CPAC to bring together the far righties. But even CPAC should draw the line somewhere." Schultz went on to quote Brimelow as having said at CPAC that, "Democrats have given up on winning the white working class vote, so they use bilingualism to build up a client constituency. It's treason. We hear about ...
Inequality Will Go Nuclear If We Don't Raise Taxes On The Rich
Post Date: 2012-03-13 09:33:36 by tom007
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Inequality Will Go Nuclear If We Don't Raise Taxes On The Rich Robert Reich, Contributor | Mar. 13, 2012, 7:39 AM | 705 | 23 A A A inShare3 radioactive joerodz via Flickr Robert Reich, Contributor URL Robert Reich, Contributor is an economist, a professor, and former Clinton labor secretary Recent Posts The Precarious Jobs Recovery ROBERT REICH: American Workers Are Getting Screwed More Than Ever ROBERT REICH: Stop Starving Public Universities And Shrinking the... RSS Feed The Widening Wealth Divide, and Why We Need a Surtax on the Super Wealthy The Precarious Jobs Recovery Bye Bye American Pie: The Challenge of the Productivity Revolution Let Santorum and Romney duke it out ...
How to pay yourself to $21 per hour to smoke
Post Date: 2012-03-12 10:00:10 by PSUSA2
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Suppose you smoke one pack per day. 365 packs divided by 10 = 37 cartons. The average price per carton in my area is $45. That is $1665 per year. You will pay more if you buy them by the pack. But I'll use the carton price. Now, if you make your own: 1 lb = $10 = mild pipe tobacco. You will get more than 2 cartons out of 1 lb, but I won't count the extra. Consider it a bonus. A years supply @ 1 pack per day is 19 lbs = $190 A cartons worth of tubes = $4. A years supply of tubes = $148 TOTAL COST = $338 Total SAVINGS = $1327 It takes me 10 minutes of lackadaisical effort to make a pack. So a years worth in time is (10x365)/60 is 60 hours per year. For each hour you make ...
Why Can't You Smoke Pot? Because Lobbyists Are Getting Rich Off of the War on Drugs
Post Date: 2012-03-11 15:19:18 by tom007
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Why Can't You Smoke Pot? Because Lobbyists Are Getting Rich Off of the War on Drugs Sunday 11 March 2012 by: Lee Fang, Republic Report | Report (Photo: prensa420) John Lovell is a lobbyist who makes a lot of money from making sure you can’t smoke a joint. That’s his job. He’s a lobbyist for the police unions in Sacramento, and he is a driving force behind grabbing Federal dollars to shut down the California marijuana industry. I’ll get to the evidence on this important story in a bit, but first, some context. At some point in the distant past, the war on drugs might have been popular. But not anymore — the polling is clear, but beyond that, the last three ...
At Least One Type Of Consumer Is Having A Great Time In America
Post Date: 2012-03-11 11:48:07 by tom007
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At Least One Type Of Consumer Is Having A Great Time In America AP | Mar. 11, 2012, 8:36 AM | 667 | A A A inShare14 brazilian shopping miami AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Two Brazilians buy watches in Miami See Also Fears Of A Brazilian Consumer Credit Bubble Are Overblown Fears Of A Brazilian Consumer Credit Bubble Are Overblown winter-gear-outdoors-snow The Best And Worst Stuff To Buy In March facebook timeline photo change It’s Time to Shutter Your Facebook Shop RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's international airport. Navigating the terminal, ...
Conspirators' Theories: In their own words
Post Date: 2012-03-11 09:44:15 by tom007
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Conspirators' Theories: In their own words www.proliberty.com/observer/20011211.htm Conspiracy theories abound in our modern society. That's easy to understand. There are many organized efforts to deprive us, individually and collectively, of our lives, liberties and property. Those who “believe” in conspiracy theories often find themselves socially demonized as whackos on the lunatic fringe. This is natural. Most people prefer not to think, and avoid anyone who makes their little world uncomfortable with thoughts about conspiracies. And those who are actually engaged in such conspiracies often demonize the messenger in an effort to avoid being exposed. Conspiracy is an ...
U.S. Soldier Opens Fire On Civilians In Afghanistan
Post Date: 2012-03-11 09:20:32 by tom007
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U.S. Soldier Opens Fire On Civilians In Afghanistan Posted: 03/11/2012 8:06 am Updated: 03/11/2012 8:34 am Share on Google+ 43 40 4 99 Get World Alerts: Sign Up Follow: Afghanistan War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Violence, Reuters, Soldier Shooting Afghanistan, Us Soldier Shoots Civilians, Us Soliders Afghanistan, World News KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier went on a shooting rampage in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, bursting into the homes of civilians in villages near his base in the middle of the night and killing up to 16 people, an Afghan minister told Reuters. Minister of Border and Tribal Affairs Asadullah Khalid, who is investigating the ...
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